The replies to this tweet do a pretty good job of making Sam’s point.https://twitter.com/sama/status/941355543213498368 …
His post claims that: 1. You would not do SpaceX in SV today because "doing something the government had already decided was too hard" is heretical 2. You have to have a zero tolerance policy for "heresy" because it causes 1.
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But (1) is actually false, and people strongly disagreeing with something en masse is not the same thing as "heresy"
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@ultrasaurus take a look at his clarification post: http://blog.samaltman.com/a-clarification This is my thinking as well. Thoughts? -
It is not my experience in SF that reasoned discussions of controversial issues are banned. I often express unpopular and controversial opinions and sometimes feel that there are risks in doing so, but I fear anonymous internet trolls much more than the people who live in SF.
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None of my comments are meant to distract from the very real problem of online harassment, incl. anonymous internet trolls.
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